English webnews
- Service : English
-
7,000 Palestinians held captive in Israeli jails -- report
Date: 2014-08-26 13:30:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:892293
Up to 7,000 Palestinians are held captive in Israeli jails, according to a report issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Captives and Released Prisoners Affairs. The report indicated that the figure could increase on the backdrop of daily ....
-
Brens's daughter arrested while on prison visit having flash memory
Date: 2014-08-26 13:28:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:19 - ID:892069
Security bodies arrested daughter of Muslim Brotherhood leader Hassan El-Brens while she was on a visit to her father at Borg El-Arab prison, reliable security source said. Fatma Hassan El-Brens was arrested with a flash memory in her possession ....
-
FM receives head of OIC
Date: 2014-08-26 13:26:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:43 - ID:892412
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday received head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Medani, who is now visiting here. The top diplomat expounded at the meeting the Egyptian efforts for attaining a ceasefire in the Gaza ....
-
EGX indexes go down on back of profit taking
Date: 2014-08-26 13:23:54 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:42 - ID:892407
Indexes of the the Egyptian Exchange went down Tuesday on the backdrop of profit taking. The EGX 30 benchmark index lost 0.47 percent to close at 9,359.18 points. The broader EGX 70 index of the leading smaller and mid cap enterprises (SME) ....
-
Prosecution allows burying Luxor accident bodies
Date: 2014-08-26 13:20:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:41 - ID:892400
The public prosecution has allowed the burial of the bodies of 19 people, who were killed in a car accident on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, two micro-buses collided in Luxor's West Bank due to overspeed. Of all 13 injured people, four left ....
-
Congo want to relocate Nigeria match
Date: 2014-08-26 13:12:35 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Sport - SN:40 - ID:892372
Congo have requested CAF to relocate their 2015 Orange AFCON qualifiers’ opening match against the Super Eagles outside Nigeria due to the Ebola outbreak, StarAfrica reported on Tuesday. The game is scheduled on September 6 in Calabar, Nigeria. ....
-
Cairo court postpones to September 1st trial of 68 terrorists
Date: 2014-08-26 13:09:14 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:39 - ID:892360
Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday postponed to September 1st the trial of 68 terrorists, including Mohamed Zawahry, the brother of Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahry. The defendants are standing trial for charges of establishing and running a terrorist ....
-
Egypt, Mali review investment opportunities
Date: 2014-08-26 12:59:48 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:36 - ID:892305
Egyptian-Malian talks that were held here under the co-chairmanship of the prime minister of both countries reviewed investment opportunities in the two countries. A statement issued by the Egyptian Cabinet on Tuesday indicated that several ....
-
Cairo court overrules complaint by Mubarak sons to reduce release bail
Date: 2014-08-26 12:58:28 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:892324
Cairo Criminal Court has overruled a complaint filed by the sons of former president Hosni Mubarak on the value of their release bail. The same court had ordered that each of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak pay one million pounds worth of bail pending a ....
-
Evacuating street vendors from downtown Cairo continues
Date: 2014-08-26 12:43:54 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:34 - ID:892277
Cairo Security Department continued on Tuesday evacuating street vendors from downtown Cairo to their new location in Torgoman area. Within this framework, security men evacuated vendors from July 26 Street and Isaaf, Abdel Menem Riyad and Tahrir ....